Bar and holder for laundry markers



A. F. HANNEY Oct. 10, 1933.

BAR AND HOLDER FOR LAUNDRY MARKERS Filed March 20, 1930 N VEN TOR Patented Oct. 10, 1933 UNlTED STATES BAR AND HOLDER Foa LAUNDRY MARKERS Angus F. Hanney, Norwood, Ohio, assigner to TlieAmeriean Laundry Machinery Company, Norwood, Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application March 20,

5 Claims.

My invention relates to key and storage bars for laundry marking clips and magazines for clip laden key or storage bars. t relates, particularly,.to a key or storage bar adapted to receive only marking clips for one particular class or" goods and a magazine adapted to receive only clip laden key bars that bear such particular type of marking clip.

As is well known in the laundry art, separate pieces of goods in each bundle are identified by metal marking clips attached thereto. rlhese clips are made in groups, each group consisting of a predetermined number oi exact duplicates adapted to lit on a given key or storage bar provided therefor, the marking clips being vsuch as to t on that key bar only. Further it is well known in the art that diierent marking clips are provided for goods in the nat work class and goods in the wearing apparel class and these clips are attached to their respective type ofA goods at dilerent points.

One object of my invention is to provide a key bar and magazine for a clip laden key bar which, when the key bar and magazine are in assembled relation, will permit the removal of only one clip from the key bar at a time.

Another object of my inventionris to provide a key bar and magazine for a clip laden bar wherein means are provided for preventing the use of any but a key bar having clips thereon of a given group, in combination with a given magazine.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a lock for preventing accidental separation of a clip laden key bar from its cooperating magazine and to provide an inexpensive durable and relatively simple device.

Other objects of my invention may be seen in the following description and one embodiment thereof may be seen in the accompanying drawing wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation' oi arkey or storage bar having marking clips thereon and a magazine in assembled relation; Fig. 2 is a View partly in section and partly in elevation taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view oi the opposite side of the device shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of themagazine showing one form of bar holding element; Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 4 but showing a slightly diflerent method of holding the bar in cooperative relation with the magazine; Fig. 6 is an elevation of one end of a key bar which is adapted to cooperate with the magazine shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 7 is a 1930. Serial No. 437,626

(Cl. L10--19.5)

View similar to Fig. 6 but showing a key bar adapted to cooperate with the magazine shown in Fig. 5; and Fig. 8 is a sectional View taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown my invention as comprising a storage bar 1l), that is of the proper length to accommodate a given number of marking clips of the type disclosed in the patent to Lane, No. 1,621,259. As shown, it also embodies a magazine 11 that is adapted to receive a clip laden storage bar 16, as shown in Fig. 1 and is provided with means whereby the clipladen storage bar may be secured therein. Such magazine also embodies means such as to permit only one marking clip at a time from being removed from the storage bar when the bar is disposed within the magazine.

A storage bar 10 is, in this instance, provided with a plurality of laterally extending wards or lugs 12 adjacent its lowermost end, these wards or lugs, being of such contour that only members of a particular group of marking clips may be placed on the bar. However, it will be understood, that any other suitable means, such, for instance, as making the storage bars of diierent shapes, may be usedto prevent only members of va given group of clips from being placed on the bar.

Intermediate its ends and more or less adjacent the upper end of the storage bar is provided a laterally extending stop 13 against which the uppermost marking clip abuts when the storage bar is completely filled with clips, and which provides a means for preventing more than a given number of clips from being disposed on the bar. Such bar is also provided adacent its uppermost end with wards that, in this instance, `take the form of openings 14, the purpose of which will be hereinafter apparent.

The magazine l1 is preferably substantially rectangular in cross section and trough-shaped, having a base or bottom wall, side Walls, and an open side as shown at 15 in Figs. 4 and 5 and by dotted lines in Fig. 3 Vand is provided adjacent its uppermost end with pins or wardings 16 extending outwardly from the inner side of the rear wall thereof, the pins being such as to intert with the openings 14 in the storage bar 10, as shown in Fig. 2. As also shown in this Figure, the magazine 11 is provided with a substantially U- shaped gravity looking device 1'7 having a slot 18 in one leg thereof adapted to slide upon a pin 19 disposed on the outersurface or the-magazine rear wall and the other leg extends downwardly in front ofthe outermost ends of the pins 16.

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bar is disposed on the pins 16 and the lock 17 is permitted to gravitate to its lowermost position, the storage 1G will be securely lockedon the pins.

Also, the magazine l1 is provided on its lowermost end with shelves on which the lowermost clip from the storage l0 is adapted Vto rest,

the shelves being disposed at such distance from the lower end of the storage that, when a clip is resting thereon, other clips Vwill be prevented from sliding on? the storage bar. On the same plane of the shelves 20, one wall vof the magazine is provided with an aperture 21 large ,enough to permit a marking clip to be moved therethrough and a slot 22 is formed between the shelves 20 and the opposite side walls of the magazine for the purpose of permitting a lsuitable pusher ap-4 paratus to pass therethrough and remove ,the lowermost clip trom the magazine. Suitable lugs 23 are Iprovided at the iront oi the magazine to act as shields and prevent the 'lowermost marking `clips from moving laterally out .of the magazine.

`In'order to facilitate placing a clip laden storage bar within the'magazine 11 or to remove it therefron, the magazine is mounted on vand adapted to be swung about a pivot 24 adjacent its 'lower end, which pivot is supported von the upper-end or" a bracket 25 secured to a table or other supporting means. e spring 26, that .is suiciently strong to retain the magazine 1l in its normal upright position but is not suihciently strong to lit t the magazine from a horizontal or angular position, is provided at the pivot 24 with one end thereof bearing against the surfaceof the magazine and the other end bearing against `the outer surface oi the bracket 25.

In the operation of this device, the magazine Al1 is swung about its pivot to the desired angular or horizontal position, the gravity lock 17 is moved so that the one leg thereof will not be infront of an eXtreme end of the pins v16,-and a clip laden storage bar 10 is placed in the maga- -zine Ythrough the open side thereof with the openings A14 cooperating with the pins 16 Whereupon the magazine `il is swung to its normal vertical position, the lock 1'? gravitating to a Aposition vto prevent removal oi the storage bar lfrom the pin 16. l'Ehen the lower end of the -storagebar being in the position shown, successive-single marking clips may be removed from the lower end oi the magazine in any desired V-manner, through the-gateway or openings 21. Y

Inorder to provide storage bars adapted for 'use with marking clips of diierent set groups, -storage bars 10 having diferent sized or a differentnumber of openings adjacent-the upper end thereof that are adapted to cooperate with different sized or a different number of pins 16 `adjacent the'upper end or" the magazine, are provided. For instance, as shown in Figs. 4. and 6, 'the storage bar l0 has plurality of relatively small openings 14 and the magazine 1l has a plurality of pins 1G adapted to nt with such openings, while, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, the storage bar 10 has a relatively large single opening vand the magazine 11 has a single pin adapted to intert -with such opening. `With such provisions, Aeven though the marking clips o1" Vgroups `belonging'to direifent sets could be disposed on the sameV storage bar, such bar couldnot be used except with a magazine adapted for use with that particular class or" goods. Thus, a double check isprovided to prevent error in the-application Therefore, as shown in Fig. 2, when the storageV of marking clips to laundry goods of different classes.

It will be seen that I have provided a combination of parts, namely, a storage bar and a magazine therefor, embodying numerous advantageous features. For instance, a device is provided whereby only single marking clips can be successively removed from the device making it particularly applicable to automatic or mechanical marking clip attaching apparatus. At the same time, a storage bar is provided on which ymarking clips may be readily placed together with .a magazine in which the clip laden storage bar Vmay :be readily placed or from which it may be as readily removed.

What I claim is:

1. Apparatus of the class described, comprising, in combination, a marking clip storage bar fincluding a rigid length of material or" ya contour to receive a plurality of clips of one group only, andapivotally mounted magazine for receiving clip laden storage bars and movable to either operative-orinoperative position, wardings on said magazine and clip -storageibars whereby the bars that may be operatively disposed within said magazine are ylimited to like bars, means for-locking a storage bar within said magazine, and yielding means tending to maintain said pivotally mounted magazine in one of its positions and yieldingly resist rotation of said magazine about its pivotal mounting.

2, Apparatus of the class described, comprising a plurality of magazines, each adapted to operativelyreceive single key bars of a given group, and a group of tag holding Akey bars for each magazine, the bars of each group being differently warded for different sets of tags', each magazine having releasable interlock means to coact with meanson any barof itsgroup to connect such bar to such magazine, the coacting means on all of the bars of one group being identical but diierent from the coacting means of the bars-of all otherfgroups. Y

3. Apparatus of the class described, comprising amagazine of elongated trough-like formhaving its base or bottom wall near one end provided `with a projection, a warded tag receiving key bar adapted for-insertion into said magazine and having an opening to receive said projection, and a locking member slidably mounted on the magazine-andhavinga portionadapted to be moved into or away from a position opposite the end of said projection to-releasably coniine the keybar thereon.

4. Apparatus of the class described, comprising Aa, magazineV orf-elongated trough-like form having its base or bottomfwall provided with a Aprojection nearthe upper -end'thereoa warded tag receiving key'bar adapted for insertion into said magazineand having an opening to receive said projection, a locking member slidably mounted on the magazine and having a portion adapted to be moved into or away from a position opposite the end of said projection toreleasably confine the key bar thereon, shields partly closing the end ofsaid trough-like magazine opposite from'the end having the projection thereon, and a gate-way through which clips can vbe'reinoved from'said magazine, said shields being so arranged asto prevent removal of tags fromsaid magazine except through said gateway.

5. Apparatus of the class described, comprisving-a vmagazineof elongated trough-like form YVhaving its'base or bottomwall provided with a projection near the upper end thereof, a warded cla tag receiving key bar adapted for insertion into said magazine and having an opening to receive said projection, a locking member slidably mounted on the magazine and having a portion adapted to be moved into or away from a posi tion opposite the end of said projection to releasably confine the key bar thereon, shields partly closing the end of said trough-like magazine opposite from the end having the projection thereon, and a gateway through which chips kmovement thereof about it pivotal mounting.

ANGUS F. HANNEY.

CERTIFICATE or CORRECTION.

Patent No. i,929,974. October iti, i933.

ANGUS F. HANNEY.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specifieatio'i o? the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page i, line 91, tot' "adacent" read adjacent; page 3, iine 1G, claim 5, for "chips" read slips; and that the said Letters Patent should he read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent vitiee.

Signed and sealed this 5th day of December, A. D. 1933.

F; M. Hopkins (Seal) Acting Commissioner o Patents 

